Grew up in Wapping. A spokesman for the Levellers and a colonel in the New Model Army. Killed by a Royalist raiding party during the siege of Pontefract. The Levellers arranged for his funeral, 14 November 1648, to also be a mass demonstration for their cause.
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Thomas Rainsborough
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Thomas Rainsborough
Thomas Rainsborough was buried in this churchyard on the 14th November 1648 a...
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Charles F. Sweeny
Wealthy businessman living in London, 70 South Audley Street, who introduced the Duke of Windsor to golf. More importantly he initiated the Eagle Squadrons whereby American pilot volunteers could h...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
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Pax House
NW3, Lyndhurst Road, Olave Centre / Pax House
This plaque was unveiled in the centenary year of Olave's birth.
1 subject commemorated
John Wesley
Founder of the Methodist denomination of the Protestant religion. Born Epworth rectory, near Lincoln. Was a Church of England clergyman and at Whitsuntide, May 1738, 3 days after his brother, Charl...
13 memorials
Ogilvy-Webb
N1, Islington Green
In July 2018 the 5 VC plaques are laid into the esplanade in front of the war memorial, reading left to right: Parslow, Booth, Train, Say...
2 subjects commemorated
Walter Tull
N17, Northumberland Park, 77
Walter Tull, 1888 - 1918, pioneering footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and pioneering British army officer, lived in a house on this site ...
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2 creators
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